Eric W. Nelson
Eric W. Nelson | |
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| Born | 1970 (age 55–56) |
| Awards | Nancy Lyman Roelker Prize |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Oxford (PhD, 1999), George Washington University (BA, 1992) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | history |
| Sub-discipline | the Jesuits, religious peacemaking |
| Institutions | Missouri State University, The University of Southern Mississippi |
Eric W. Nelson (born 1970) is an American historian and Professor of History at Missouri State University. He is known for his works on the Jesuits. Nelson is a winner of Nancy Lyman Roelker Prize for Best Article in French History for his essay "Remembering the Martyrdom of Saint Francis of Paola: History, Memory and Minim Identity in Seventeenth-Century France".